The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

History does not always repeat itself.

History does not always repeat itself.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.